A fascinating anecdote from: “Scottish Education - Schools and University“, discussing the period between 1696 – 1872, adds to my knowledge of spanking accessories:

A school appliance probably known only in Aberdeenshire is perhaps worthy of mention, viz. the “queelin (cooling) stane.” This was a smooth flat stone upon which offenders were made to sit after their unprotected and overheated cuticle had been subjected to the discipline of the birch or tawse. Whether the cooling stone was meant as an additional punishment, or as a grateful alleviation of suffering must be left to conjecture.

Sadly, our house is lacking in any good hard chairs for Haron to sit on post-caning. Perhaps I’ve been missing a trick: I should send her out to the cold paving slabs in the yard, instead.

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